Italian Air Force

15° Stormo

Air Wing 15th

Established 1931

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15th Wing provides disaster relief and Search and Rescue (SAR) for the civilian population in the national territory and territorial waters. In recent years it was also engaged in international humanitarian missions: Somalia, Albania, Kosovo and Iraq, to name the most important. Most recently acquired Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) capacity with the introduction of the Caesar and is also involved in Slow Movers Interception air-air missions to escort unidentified slow aircraft

Since 2014, 9 Stormo is the dedicated CSAR unit of the Italian Air Force. 15 Stormo was reclassified as a Combat Support unit takin over many different missions including Special Operations, Force Protection, Airlift and Air-to-Air Refuelling

Structure

News

Italian Rescue Helicopters During Emilia-Romagna Flooding

Aug 9, 2023 · Four AW139 helicopters from the Italian Air Force (AMI) 15th Wing evacuated 330 people and 15 animals in the first hours of the flooding in the Emilia-Romagna region in northeast Italy which killed at least 15 people and displaced 50,000 others
First HH-139B to Italian Air Force

Dec 3, 2020 · Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) received the first of 17 HH-139B which includes double winch, new mission console, new avionics and 200kg extra MTOW. The B version will join the 13 HH-139A and 4 VH-139A in service
Italian Special Forces FIT 19-1 Exercise

Mar 30, 2019 · Helicopter squadrons from the Italian Armed Forces participated in the 10th Special Forces Annual Exercise FIT (Force Integration Training). This year edition was hosted by the Navy at Grottaglie and participated CH-47F Chinook, NH90, HH-101 Caesar a
Night Aerial Refueling Capability for Italian HH-101

Sep 21, 2018 · The Italian Air Force is the first in Europe to achieve certification for helicopter night aerial refueling in a completely autonomous way using their HH-101 with the KC-130J Hercules tanker
Italian Red Cross Flight Nurse Course on HH-139A

May 25, 2017 · Italian air force held the second course of flight nurses for 25 volunteers of the Italian Red Cross

Locations

1965-1999	LIRA CIA	Giovan-Battista Pastine International Airport
1999-2010	LIRE QLY	Pratica di Mare Base Aerea Mario De Bernardi
2010-	LIPC	Cervia-Pisignano Aeroporto Urbano Mancini AFB

Models

1965-1984	Agusta AB204B
1965-??	Agusta AB47J
1965-??	Agusta AB47J-3
1977-2014	Agusta AS-61
1986-	Agusta AB212
1987-	Breda Nardi NH500
2012-	AgustaWestland AW139M
2015-	AgustaWestland HH-101A Caesar

Operations

26 Jun 20082008	27 Jun 20082008	SAR Meet 2008
05 Sep 20112011	09 Sep 20112011	Grifone (Griffin) 2011
17 Mar 20172017		CaSTA (Skiyng Alpin troups campionship) tecnical
14 Jun 20172017	28 Jun 20172017	APROC 2017
04 Sep 20172017	08 Sep 20172017	Grifone 2017
23 May 20182018	06 Jun 20182018	APROC 2018

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